Naruto: Start by eating the golden fruit.

"The Land of Whirlpools and the Land of Rain have cooperated?!" Youya looked at the ANBU ninja who was reporting to him in shock, "What can they cooperate on?"

In fact, what Youya wanted to say was that the economy of the Rain Country is controlled by Konoha, and the economy of the Whirlpool Country is also controlled by Konoha. How drunk must you be to dare to cooperate with each other without telling Konoha?

Or...

Is there anything you can collaborate on?

"This was announced publicly at the same time they did it."

Youya took it casually. He didn't think there was any possibility of cooperation between the Whirlpool Kingdom and the Rain Kingdom.

After all, Konoha holds the lifeline between the two. It is not impossible to cooperate without Konoha, but it is indeed very difficult.

However, when he took it and saw the design drawing that was reported along with the intelligence, You Ya was stunned.

Holy shit! This is actually the blueprint for a submarine?!

No, did you guys choose the wrong tech tree?

How did you design a submarine? How about the power? The power...

Oh, it's similar to the principle of the Chakra Cannon. Chakra... is really useful...

Nonsence!

That’s not the point!

The point is this fucking submarine...

I want it too!

……

"Nadeshiko Shizuka?" Nagato looked at a clerk at the door with a puzzled look.

"Yes, that's what the young lady calls herself." The female clerk said to Nagato, holding the documents in her hands.

"Okay, I get it." Nagato nodded and muttered to himself in confusion, "Why is she here?"

Nagato walked out the door and arrived downstairs of his office building.

Then he looked at the figure standing at the door downstairs in a daze.

Shizuka Nadeshiko was wearing a proper kimono, with her long hair curled into a bun and fixed on her head with a hairpin.

Nagato looked at Nadeshiko Shizuka's outfit and asked in surprise, "Why are you here?"

Nadeshiko Shizuka blushed and said to Nagato: "The agreed time has come, so I came."

Nagato was a little surprised: "Agreed time?"

Then he remembered: "You mean... when we were at Konoha University..."

Nadeshiko Shizuka blushed and nodded: "Now that you have fulfilled your dream and become the man who changes the Land of Whirlpools, I came to find you."

Nadeshiko Shizuka's eyes were full of tenderness, and Nagato felt a little uncomfortable with this look.

He thought for a moment and said to Nadeshiko Shizuka, "Wait for me first."

Afterwards, Nagato and the people working in the building said goodbye.

The director of the construction department is still the head of a department. Being away from the office for just one day is not a big deal.

Nagato took Nadeshiko and Shizuka to find a place to eat.

All I can say is that after entering officialdom, many things are conventional.

For example, talking about things while eating is a practice that has been practiced throughout history, both in China and abroad.

It’s just that the West prefers to gather many people together to hold a large banquet.

"In fact, I may have disappointed you." Nagato looked at Nadeshiko Shizuka with a headache and said, "I have not been able to achieve my ideals. This country... has not changed."

Nadeshiko Shizuka was stunned for a moment, then quickly said: "How could it be? You, you have brought this country back on the right track. After this railway is built, this country will get better and better in the future."

Nagato looked at Nadeshiko Shizuka and smiled helplessly: "So, do you think this railway can be built?"

Nadeshiko Shizuka looked at Nagato with some confusion: "Hasn't the time been set? Those ordinary people have also agreed to lower their demands..."

Nagato smiled bitterly in his heart, but he also knew that he couldn't tell Nadeshiko and Shizuka what he had encountered.

He could only say vaguely: "The reason is not here, the main reason is because..."

"Is that because?" Fuko Shizuka asked quickly.

Nagato sighed, "Because I'm not capable enough."

This is not nonsense. Nagato really believes that it is his lack of ability that has led to the current situation.

If he had Yuya's ability...

Shaking his head and putting this unrealistic fantasy behind him, Nagato looked at Nadeshiko Shizuka and said, "Let's not talk about this for now. But you, do you still remember the promise we made in college?..."

Nadeshiko Shizuka blushed and said, "It was just an agreement made ten years ago, not that long ago."

As she spoke, she looked at Nagato lovingly.

Nagato looked at Nadeshiko Shizuka in silence: "Maybe I disappoint you, but I am not planning to get married for now."

Nadeshiko Shizuka's face turned pale immediately. She looked at Nagato and asked, "Yes, is there something I did wrong?"

Nagato shook his head: "No, you are excellent, very excellent. You were excellent ten years ago, and many people pursued you at that time. In the past ten years, there must be even more people pursuing you."

Nadeshiko Shizuka's expression softened a bit but she still asked, "Is that because you already have someone you like?"

Nagato looked at Shizuka Nadeshiko, whose beautiful eyes were fixed on his expression.

As if trying to tell from his expression whether he was lying or not.

Nagato sighed and said, "I still want to...repair that railway first.

I want to make life a little better for the people of Whirlpool Country..."

Nagato lowered his head, somewhat afraid to look at Nadeshiko Shizuka.

This girl actually waited for him for ten years just for a promise.

It would be nonsense for Nagato to say that he didn't feel anything.

But...he really couldn't make any promises to Nadeshiko Shizuka.

Ten years ago, he was young and frivolous, and thought that since he had read so many books on the fifth floor of the Konoha Library, he had the ability to make the Land of Whirlpools as good as Konoha!

He was full of vigor and vitality at that time, and there were many girls pursuing him and Yahiko.

After all, apart from anything else, college students ten years ago were more valuable than college students today.

Nowadays, college students are scrambling for it, let alone ten years ago.

It's just that Nagato and Yahiko were not interested in this at that time.

It was also at that time that Shizuka Nadeshiko kept telling Nagato that she was destined to be with Nagato.

If you want to know why, it is because her teacher, Jiraiya, the destined lover of Nadeshiko Himiko, made a promise with her that she would be their apprentice and inherit the marriage between them.

At the time, Nagato scoffed at this statement.

However, Nadeshiko and Shizuka have always thought this way, and Nagato has no plans to get married for the time being, so he made an agreement with Nadeshiko and Shizuka.

Once he is in a high position and has changed the status quo of the Whirlpool Country, he is willing to try to accept Nadeshiko Shizuka.

What I didn’t expect was that the other party remembered this agreement for ten years.